Harry Reid does his Michele Bachmann imitation and … just makes stuff up

For weeks, Reid has ripped presumed GOP prez nominee Mitt Romney for not releasing his tax record. Yeah, yeah, which Dem hasn’t. Romney has only released his 2010 returns. But Reid ramped up the rant Thursday by saying, “the word’s out that he [Romney] hasn’t paid any taxes for 10 years.”

“The word’s out?” What’s that?

Where’s the evidence of NO TAXES paid, Harry?

Nowhere yet. Until he produces something, Reid’s accusation is emptier than his hometown of Searchlight, NV after sundown. (Trust us, we’ve been there.) You can’t throw stuff like that out there. Prove it.

Nope, Harry told Nevada reporters. Don’t have to. “I don’t think the burden should be on me,” Reid said. “The burden should be on him. He’s the one I’ve alleged has not paid any taxes. Why didn’t he release his tax returns?”

Wow.

Originally, Harry based his j’accuse on an “investor” from Bain Capital who contacted him. Noooo, no names.

Mitt responded Thursday by saying that Reid is going to have to “put up or shut up.”

“Well, it’s time for Harry to put up or shut up. Harry’s going to have to describe who it is he spoke with because of course, that’s totally and completely wrong,” Romney told Sean Hannity Thursday on Hannity’s radio show.

“It’s untrue, dishonest, and inaccurate,” Romney said. “It’s wrong. So I’m looking forward to have Harry reveal his sources and we’ll probably find out it’s the White House. Look, the Obama campaign is going to do everything in its power to try and talk about anything besides the president’s record. Home prices, median American incomes, gasoline prices, 23 million underemployed or unemployed.”

“There is a controversy because the Republican presidential nominee, Governor Mitt Romney, refuses to release his tax returns. As I said before, I was told by an extremely credible source that Romney has not paid taxes for ten years. People who make as much money as Mitt Romney have many tricks at their disposal to avoid paying taxes. We already know that Romney has exploited many of these loopholes, stashing his money in secret, overseas accounts in places like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.”